While they haven’t played on the same team since 2018, some people can’t stop comparing Jalen Hurts and Tua Tagovailoa.

The comparisons that started in college continue to be hashed out in the NFL with both players now starting for their respective teams as Hurts has taken over in Philadelphia while Tagovailoa has done the same in Miami.

In just two starts, Hurts has given new life to the Eagles, passing for 647 yards with five touchdowns and just one interception. Tua, on the other hand, has been starting since the start of November and has passed for 1,359 yards with nine touchdowns and just two interceptions.

Tua is 5-2 as a starting quarterback in the NFL.

During a recent appearance on the Ryen Russillo Podcast, Trent Dilfer was asked to share his take on which player would be the better NFL quarterback in five years, could Jalen be better than Tua?

“No chance. And I get it, I’m in the biased Tua camp because I’ve known him forever and I helped him in the pre-draft and all that stuff,” Dilfer said on the podcast. “If I had never met that kid and I only watched tape, there’s zero chance of that.”

The way Dilfer, who has ties to Tua through the Elite 11 QB competition, sees it, Tagovailoa is still the more natural talent of the two quarterbacks.

“So I was bullish on Jalen coming out. I thought he could be an NFL quarterback – given time. He’s definitely got some mechanical issues, he’s going to miss some gimmes,” Dilfer continued. “He’s not a pure passer. He’s more a butcher-type passer.

“A guy who has the big physical, horsepower arm, not necessarily the finesse passer. He’s going to help the run game, he’s a fantastic leader, he’s a tough guy – he’s all the stuff I thought he would be. You add all that up, and there’s a chance if you put him in the right system, this guy can thrive in the NFL.

“Tua is a generational talent. He is. He does stuff you can’t teach. Now, I get it, you watch the games and he’s in more of a managerial role. I see that, and that’s what they need him to be. They are not uber-talented offensively. They are also playing it very close to the vest, they are a three-phase complementary team. They are trying to maximize every single opportunity they get.”

Once Miami has the receivers that best compliment Tua’s strengths, that’s when we will really see how the QB has to offer, according to Dilfer.

“The fact that he can do that, when he’s coming from a situation where it was wide open and push it down the field all the time, actually a compliment to Tua,” Dilfer concluded. “Because many highly aggressive passers, who are uber-talented and are very comfortable with high-risk stuff, when you ask them to pull back the reigns and play a more managerial role – they can’t do it. It’s just not in their DNA. Tua can do it. I think that says a lot about him. They will build this thing around him.”